Pouring-spout for bottles.



No. 7|5,|oo. Patented Dec. 2. I902.

v. m. LUNEBURG.

POURING SPOUT FOR BOTTLES.

(Application filed Dec. 31, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VINCENT M. LUNEBURG, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

POURlNG-SPOUT FOR BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 715,100, dated December 2, 1902.

Application filed December 81, 1901. fierial No. 87,977. (No model.)

1'0 aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that LVINCENT M. LUNEBURG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Pouring-Spouts for Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a pouring-spout for ink-bottles and the like of that class which is applied to a bottle at the time of the origi-' nal filling and preparation thereof.

The essential object of the present improvement is to devise a spout of such structure that the bottle may be held in any position in pouring the ink or contents therefrom and to permit the air to enter and allow the outflowing liquid to escape without shaking the bottle and to avoid spurting or complete 0bstruction of the flow of the ink at times, due in previously-constructed devices to clogging of the outflow apertures or openings.

A further object of the improved spout is to reduce the cost of manufacture by embodying in the organization thereof a comparatively few number of simple parts which are strong and durable and constructed of either wood or metal or a combination of both.

With these and other objects and advantages in View the invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the several parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed, and subject to a wide range of modification in the form, size, proportions, and minor details without departing from the principle involved.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a spout embodying the features of the invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

The spout comprises a tubular body 1, having an intermediate surrounding flange or guard 2, and over the body and bearing against the lower face of the flange or guard 2 a cork or other sleeve 3 is fitted, the maximum thickness of this sleeve being less than the outward extent of the flange, so that a part of said flange will be permitted to bear against the rim of the bottle-neck when the spout is applied. The upper extremity 4 of the body 1 is laterally deflected or bent for convenience in directing the outflowing ink or other liquid into the receptacle in which it is desired to pour the same. The lower end of the body 1 is dressed off or cut away at a downward and inward angle of inclination at three different points to form smooth faces 5, through the upper portions of which outflow-openings 6 are out, and provide means of communication between the interior of the bottle and the body 1 at points above the bottom or lower end of the latter. The openings 6 can be varied in form without detracting from the effectiveness of the improved device and may be oblong or semicircular, and in some instances only two of the openings may be provided. By dressing off or cutting the faces 5, as explained, the bottom of the body is triangularshaped and produces an obstructing end 7, as clearly shown by Fig. 3.

It is proposed to construct the body 1 either of wood or metal or a combination of such materials, and when formed of wood the holes 6 can be increased in size, if found necessary, by enlarging the same; but in view of the series of holes 6 this enlargement will he rarely necessary.

The upper end of the spout is also supplied with a closing-cap 8 of any preferred form, which is freely removable and has the wellunderstood function of preventing the evaporation and loss'of the ink and also for sealing the upper end of the body when the bottle is originally prepared or when it is undesirable to use the contents thereof.

The improved spout is pushed into the neck of the bottle in the usual manner and held in a movable relation in ordinary usage by the sleeve 3. In pouring the contents of the bottle through the spout it is unnecessary to exercise care in holding the bottle in any certain or particular position, and during such pouring operation, in view of the position and arrangement of the openings 6, as stated, air will be admitted regularly and constantly to the interior of the bottle and cause the liquid to outflow or escape without shaking the bot tle and also prevent spurting or complete stoppage of the flow. The triangular end 7 during such outflowing operation acts to hold I the bottle, and in view of the position of the openings a portion of the same will be uppermost, and the air naturally rising to the top will be continually supplied to the interior of the bottle and avoid the formation of a vacuum with obvious advantages.

It will be understood that any suitable material will be used inthe manufacture of the improved spout herein disclosed, and, furthermore, in some instances it may be desired to make the upper end of the body of the spout straight instead of deflected at an an-- gle, as shown.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is A spout comprising an elongated tubular body having an intermediate surrounding flange or guard immovably held thereby, the upper extremity of the body being laterally deflected for convenience in directing the outthe tube or body, a sleeve of less maximum diameter than the flange or guard being fitted on the body in close engagement with said flange or guard.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VINCENT M. LUNEBURG. V

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WILLIAM BERNARDY, FRED. NIoKnLs. 

